A bill to improve the capacity of rural communities to respond to homelessness, to establish effective program delivery models for prevention and remediation of homelessness in rural areas, to collect data on the extent and characteristics of homelessness in rural areas, and for other purposes.
Rural Homelessness Assistance Act - Title I: Rural Homelessness Grant Program - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide rural homelessness grants to eligible institutions for: (1) direct emergency assistance to homeless persons and families; (2) homelessness prevention; and (3) access to permanent housing and supportive services.
Provides for: (1) small community set-asides; and (2) priority for communities without significant Federal assistance.
Authorizes appropriations.
Title II: Rural Housing Amendments - Amends the Housing Act of 1949 to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to lease or sell inventory properties for transitional and turnkey housing for the homeless and other inadequately housed families.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking.
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